We encourage you to join us for city-wide prayer (specifically focused on this year's Season of Service and Portland CityFest with Luis Palau) on the 3rd Thursday of each month (March 20th, April 17th, May 15th, June 19th, July 17th, August 21st) from 6:30am - 8am at the JJ Norths Restaurant (10520 NE Halsey Street; Portland, OR 97220 ). If you, your Church Prayer Leader or Prayer Network Leader is interested in joining us to learn how we can serve our city in prayer and service, please email James Autry.
On Saturday, April 28, 2007, various Prayer Network Leaders and Church Prayer Leaders gathered from 9am-12noon at the Portland Marriott for our first Greater Portland Prayer Coordinating Meeting hosted by James Autry, Dennis Fuqua and Craig Smith. Lisa Otis, wife of George Otis, Jr of the Sentinel Group (producers of the Transformation videos) and Mark Jones, Prayer Pastor at City Bible Church encouraged us to "wait upon the Lord" and "to pray for our leader as we are on the verge of significant breakthroughs" in our city and region. Then after praying in small groups, we discovered that most leaders are praying for "Unity in the Body of Christ" in response to our traditional independent spirit in the Northwest and for "Personal Purity & Holiness" in response to the increased impurity being released upon our region. We also believe that God's Spirit is revealing that His Kingdom will come in the Greater Portland / Vancouver metro area as we allow His Kingdom to come into our personal lives and corporate church fellowships. Listen here to an edited Audio recording (74MB - mp3 file) of the meeting and/or email us for a copy on CD (78 minutes) .
On Saturday, July 28th, we meet again for the next Greater Portland Prayer Coalition quarterly gathering from 9am-12noon at the Portland Hilton, wherein we prayed in regards to our last meeting in April, reviewed a 2003 DVD from George Otis, Jr, “The Quickening” regarding the Core Principles and Common Obstacles to City-Wide Transformation and previewed their 2007 (not yet released) DVD of “Approaching Fire” regarding what is taking place in our world and how God is expecting us to respond. We also reviewed the book, "The Power of a City at Prayer" detailing the local prayer efforts that have recently transformed New York City. [In 1990, Time magazine declared NYC the murder capital of America. Since February 1995, now up to 120 churches and 1000+ believers in NYC have been meeting for "The Lord's Watch" (24/7 prayer), wherein today, the crime rate has been drastically reduced and NYC is now the safest large city in America (of over 1 million).] Then we gathered on Sunday, July 29th from 5pm-7pm on the top of Mt. Tabor in SE Portland to fellowship together, to remit the past sins of our city and to ask God for His kindness in leading us to repentance. We also asked the Lord to fulfill the Prophecy for Portland given by Cindy Jacobs on July 23, 1997 and for Him to establish a 24/7 prayer movement, wherein we are working on launching "K-Praise Worship & Intercession" on on KKPZ 1330 AM Radio during the night watches (7 nights a week from 12midnight to 6am) and "The Lord's Watch over Greater Portland" (wherein one or more local churches and ministries will pray one day a month from 6am to 12midnight ) starting on Sunday, June 8th, 2008. If your Church Prayer Leader or Prayer Network Leader is interested in helping us with sponsoring the airtime and coordinating the prayer for "K-Praise Worship & Intercession" OR in participating in the "The Lord's Watch over Greater Portland", please email us.
On Saturday, October 27th, we meet again for the next Greater Portland Prayer Coalition quarterly gathering from 9am-12noon in the Rose Room at Portland's City Hall. This quarterly gathering was hosted by Jeri Williams, Neighborhood Program Coordinator for the City of Portland - Office of Neighborhood Involvement. We opened the meeting in prayer for our city and then Jeri shared about the interest of her office and the City of Portland to include various diverse ethnic groups and faith-based organization in Portland's 95 Neighborhood Associations and it's Seven District Coalition Offices, which are funded by the City of Portland and report directly to City Council and the Mayor. Then James Autry, S.O.N. City Director, shared about Serving Our Neighbors and how they are working with various city-wide prayer initiatives and various Offices of the City of Portland to encourage believers and faith-based organizations (churches, ministries & services-businesses owned and/or operated by believers) to pray for and serve our community. Then we ended the gathering with an extended time of fellowship, wherein their PowerPoint presentation "Healthy Neighborhoods Include You!" is available for your review.